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Originally Posted by Rob S  Why has no one ever won the one million dollar prize from James Randi for successfully demonstrating a psychic ability? Apparently, this offer has been there for many years and not only has no one won, but very few make it past the preliminary test.
I am not attacking anyone, so please don't take this as criticism. I am posting this question here because the description for this forum category is the following: "Psychic & Paranormal" : Psi skills, psychic energy, dreams, lucid dreaming, astral projection, paranormal phenomena, non-physical entities, extraterrestrials, channeling, mediumship, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance.
So obviously people who post here are believers and perhaps posses these skills. In Deepak Chopra's books he claims people in India can plant a seed, and through the power and concentration of their mind, make the plant grow instantly (within a few minutes). Can't these people use a million dollars?
Steve had a blog entry once on Telepathy http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/telepathy/ Can't Steve and Erin use the one million dollars?
This is not an attack on anyone. Especially Steve and Erin.
There has to be an explanation as to why no one is able to collect the money. I know some may say the tests to prove your abilities to win the money may be to difficult, but I believe if you have the skill you should be able to prove it regardless of the conditions (within limits). I have not seen anything on James Randi's site to indicate they make the tests impossible to pass.
So? Any ideas? Randi started this offer in 1964 and no one has taken a dime from him since.
See James Randi's website: James Randi Educational Foundation — Home Page |
Hi Rob
What a great question! Treading carefully in answering this, I also dont want to offend anyone, but the reason why no one has claimed the $1m is because it is impossible to, because it is all hocus pocus.
The great late Alfred Wallace, co-founder of the theory of evolution, destroyed not only his career but his reputation by being taken in by bogus so-called supernatural communicatyors in 'seances', and left his scientific principle behind in favour of moving glasses on table tops and flickering lights in shady back room parlours of the deluded or plain criminal.
A sad loss of a great mind.
What I do not deny however, is that people can hear voices in their heads!